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> Maybe there are edge cases associated with this? Plenty. There are a lot of information-only websites where you might want to keep your visit to yourself. T
by crote 1y ago
> Maybe there are edge cases associated with this?
Plenty. There are a lot of information-only websites where you might want to keep your visit to yourself.
To give an obvious example: some parts of the United States are trying very hard to make abortion impossible. The state government could mandate that ISPs MitM your traffic, and alert the police when you visit a website giving you information about the legal abortion clinics in a neighboring state. Guess you'll be getting a home visit...
The same is going to apply with looking up info on LGBT subjects, civil rights, Tiananmen Square, a religion not explicitly allowed by the state, whether Eurasia has always been at war with Oceania, and so on. Heck, even a seemingly innocent website visit could theoretically come back to haunt you years later. Just some bored scrolling on Wikipedia? Nope, you were planning a crime - why else were you reading pages about chemical warfare during WW I? That neighbor who died due to mixing bleach and ammonia was obviously murdered by you.
If it's unencrypted, you should assume it's being logged by someone nefarious. Are you still okay with it?
- briHass 1y agoTo be fair, TLS doesn't stop the authorities from performing dragnet searches. Just supeona Google for search keywords, mobile service providers for geofence data, DNS logs, IP logs from ISPs, etc. If that gives them enough for a warrant, they can get emails, SMS, browser history, account data, and detailed location logs. Not to mention license plate readers, surveillance cam footage and financial transactions. It's honestly surprising that anyone gets away with any significant crimes, given just how much potential evidence is recorded.